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4th March 2016, 05:47 PM
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Re: Kerala Literacy Rate

Literacy in India is a key for socio-economic progress and the Indian literacy rate has grown to 75% (2011 figure) from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Even though it was a greater than six fold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and of all nations, India currently has the largest illiterate population.

Kerala has the highest literacy rate among the states of India, followed by the state of Mizoram. Kerala topped the Education Development Index (EDI) among 21 major states in India in year 2006–2007.

More than 94% of the rural population has access to primary school within 1 km, while 98% of population benefits one school within a distance of 2 km. An upper primary school within a distance of 3 km is available for more than 96% of the people, whose 98% benefit the facility for secondary education within 8 km.

The access for rural students to higher educational institutions in cities is facilitated by widely subsidized transport fares. Kerala's educational system was developed by institutions owned or aided by the government. In the educational system prevailed in the state, schooling is for 10 years which is subdivided into lower primary, upper primary and high school.

After 10 years of secondary schooling, students typically enroll in Higher Secondary Schooling in one of the three major streams—liberal arts, commerce or science.

Upon completing the required coursework, students can enroll in general or professional undergraduate programmes. Kerala undertook a "campaign for total literacy" in Ernakulam district in the late 1980s, with a "fusion between the district administration headed by its Collector on one side and, on the other side, voluntary groups, social activists and others".

On 4 February 1990, the Government of Kerala endeavored to replicate the initiative on a statewide level, launching the Kerala State Literacy Campaign.

First, households were surveyed with door-to-door, multistage survey visits to form an exact picture of the literacy landscape and areas that needed special focus. Then, Kala Jāthas (cultural troupes) and Sāksharata Pada Yātras (Literacy Foot Marches) were organized to generate awareness of the campaign and create a open social atmosphere for the programme.

An incorporated management system was created involving state officials, prominent social figures, local -officials and senior voluntary workers to oversee the execution of the campaign

Kerala Table Data

Description 2011 2001


Approximate Population 3.34 Crores 3.18 Crore
Actual Population 33,406,061 31,841,374
Male 16,027,412 15,468,614
Female 17,378,649 16,372,760
Population Growth 4.91% 9.42%
Percantage of total Population 2.76% 3.10%
Sex Ratio 1084 1058
Child Sex Ratio 964 960
Density/km2 860 819
Density/mi2 2,227 2,122
Area(Km2) 38,852 38,863
Area mi2 15,001 15,005
Total Child Population (0-6 Age) 3,472,955 3,793,146
Male Population (0-6 Age) 1,768,244 1,935,027
Female Population (0-6 Age) 1,704,711 1,858,119
Literacy 94.00 % 90.86 %
Male Literacy 96.11 % 94.24 %
Female Literacy 92.07 % 87.72 %
Total Literate 28,135,824 25,485,688
Male Literate 13,704,903 12,753,602
Female Literate 14,430,921 12,732,086


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